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Swedish-English list of plants and animals
abborre perch al alder alm elm and duck baljväxt pulse bandmask tapeworm bark bark barr conifer bekämpningsmedel pesticide bete bait bi bee björk birch björn bear bläckfisk squid; calamari bok beech...
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Economic haircuts
This word came up today with the Greek ‘haircut’ package in the media. An economic haircut is defined in several ways here http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/haircut
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Swedish-English names of sports
javelin – spjutkastning shot put – kulstötning high jump – höjdhopp decathlon – tiokamp athletics – friidrott hurdles – hinderlopp discus – diskus sjukamp – heptathlon long jump – längdhopp pole vault...
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The Mullet or Hockeyfrilla
Yesterday one of my classes involved describing from memory and one of the words that came up was ‘hockeyfrillan’, which in English is known as a ‘mullet’. It has been worn by Bono, George Michael,...
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Phobias
A nice list of phobias here and an article on how phobias are named from http://phobialist.com The word phobia is Greek, therefore any word that is connected to it should be Greek. To coin a new phobia...
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What do you call a group of….?
What do you call a group of… Antelope: A herd of antelope Ant: A colony or An army of ants Ape: A shrewdness of apes Baboons: A troop of baboons Bacteria: A culture of bacteria Badger: A cete of...
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Names of Office Equipment in English
1. Tape (dispenser) 2. Paper clip holder 3. Ruler 4. Paper clips 5. Pushpins 6. Bulldog clip 7. Scissors 8. Correction Fluid (white-out) 9. Pencil sharpener 10. Calculator 11.Stapler 12. Staples 13....
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Annoying Jargon
I hate think outside the box it’s not rocket science wrinkle (used instead of problem) e-anything (as in e-id, e-government) skill set sustainable baked in holistic seedbed best practice drop the ball...
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Economic haircuts
This word came up today with the Greek ‘haircut’ package in the media. An economic haircut is defined in several ways here http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/haircut
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Swedish-English names of sports
javelin – spjutkastning shot put – kulstötning high jump – höjdhopp decathlon – tiokamp athletics – friidrott hurdles – hinderlopp discus – diskus sjukamp – heptathlon long jump – längdhopp pole vault...
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whisky, whiskey, bourbon – what’s the difference?
All bourbons are whiskey, but not all whiskeys are bourbon. Before I go on, Canadians and Scots spell it “whisky” and the Irish spell it “whiskey.” Most U.S. dictionaries prefer the Irish spelling,...
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Pants (UK), pants (US), pants (mathematical) and a pile of pants
Another potential for embarrassment between US and UK English In the US pants are worn outside your underwear: In many parts in the UK pants ARE your underwear: So, it may be inadvisable to say ‘ooh...
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Phobias
A nice list of phobias here and an article on how phobias are named from http://phobialist.com The word phobia is Greek, therefore any word that is connected to it should be Greek. To coin a new phobia...
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Devilish Damon Salvatore
This is for all fellow fans of the CW series, The Vampire Diaries, to celebrate the season 4 finale. And it is especially for Delena shippers because Damon finally got his girl! And we got a bit of...
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RIP Savethewords.org
There used to be a wonderful site called Save The Words, which made an effort to…yep – save words! They attempted to rescue words falling into disuse by encouraging readers to do things like naming...
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Swedish Council for Higher Education – useful for foreigners living and...
The Swedish Council for Higher Education has a very good site for foreigners living and working in Sweden. They do the recognition of foreign qualifications for degrees awarded abroad. They will...
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What do you call a group of….?
What do you call a group of… Antelope: A herd of antelope Ant: A colony or An army of ants Ape: A shrewdness of apes Baboons: A troop of baboons Bacteria: A culture of bacteria Badger: A cete of...
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